Attempt at translating a song. I know it is not a very good translation and I would greatly appreciate any corrections.
Στίχοι: Δημήτρης Τσούκας
Μουσική: Ελεάνα Βραχάλη
Πρώτη εκτέλεση: Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης
Greek lyrics taken from stixoi.info

Τι να πω κι εγώ----------------what to say and I
που όλα τα περίμενα.-----------who have waited all this
Μα, έγιναν αλλιώς--------------but, it turned otherwise
που άναβες φωτιές--------------for you set fires on
με όλα αυτά που μου'ταζες.-----with all that you used to promise me
Μα, έμειν' ο καπνός.-----------but turned into smoke (disappeared?)

I love this singer and this song. I think he is the only European-style pop singer in Greece. The rest are more of balkanic type

Aberine wrote:Attempt at translating a song. I know it is not a very good translation and I would greatly appreciate any corrections.Στίχοι: Δημήτρης ΤσούκαςΜουσική: Ελεάνα ΒραχάληΠρώτη εκτέλεση: Μιχάλης ΧατζηγιάννηςGreek lyrics taken from stixoi.info

Τι να πω κι εγώ----------------what can I say*που όλα τα περίμενα.-----------who have waited all thisΜα, έγιναν αλλιώς--------------but, it turned otherwiseπου άναβες φωτιές--------------for you set fires onμε όλα αυτά που μου'ταζες.-----with all that you used to promise meΜα, έμειν' ο καπνός.-----------but the smoke remained

ego wrote:I love this singer and this song. I think he is the only European-style pop singer in Greece. The rest are more of balkanic type

I like him too. However, I think he sounds a bit like Enrique Iglesias sometimes and that is why I think of him as of the Greek Enrique . Not that I don't have many of Enrique Iglesias' albums .
I was planning to translate Σώμα μου of Νότης Σφακιανάκης but I saw someone has already translated it. So I am going to try:

μα εσύ συνέχεια με κερδίζεις = But you continue to win me
για μια ζωή νικάς = a win for a life
Σκληρά μακριά μου φεύγεις = It is hard to run far away form me.
μα πιο σκληρά γυρνάς = but you turn harder.

Είναι χειμώνας τα παράθυρα ανοιχτά μα ήδη αρρώστησα. = it is a winter and the open windows are already ill (it must be some idiom for it doesn't make sense to me)
Ξέρεις καλά πως στα παράλογα μπροστά το κόστος δε ρώτησα = You know well how at the absurd in front of the price didn't ask
Κι αν φύγω από δω θα αλλάξω πρόσωπο σαν κλέφτης. = And if I leave from sight the face will change as a thief.
Μέσα μου σε κρατώ λες κι είσαι κάτι σωστό. = Something in myself keeps saying you are something correct.

Aberine wrote:I like him too. However, I think he sounds a bit like Enrique Iglesias sometimes and that is why I think of him as of the Greek Enrique . Not that I don't have many of Enrique Iglesias' albums . I was planning to translate Σώμα μου of Νότης Σφακιανάκης but I saw someone has already translated it. So I am going to try:

Είναι χειμώνας τα παράθυρα ανοιχτά μα ήδη αρρώστησα. = it is a winter and the windows are open but I'm already ill (it must be some idiom for it doesn't make sense to me) (it doesn't make sense even now )Ξέρεις καλά πως στα παράλογα μπροστά το κόστος δε ρώτησα = You know well that** in front of the absurd, I didn't ask about the priceΚι αν φύγω από 'δώ θα αλλάξω πρόσωπο σαν κλέφτης. = And if I leave from hereI will change [my] face as a thief.Μέσα μου σε κρατώ λες κι είσαι κάτι σωστό. = I hold you in me as if you were something correct.

*It was not δω but 'δώ which is how we pronounce εδώ after a vowel: έλα 'δώ! = come here!
**Don't confuse the stressed πώς which means "how" and the unstressed πως which means "that" (same as ότι)

People - you're welcome to try by yourselves before studying my mistakes

"It is the capital of France here and for at least a thousand years, both governing the majority of the country's economy and, for many, being simply the most beautiful city in the world...

Know that...* Paris has been known in history as the City of Light ever since 1828, when its main boulevards were lit with gas lamps.* The Eiffel Tower has over 6 million visitors annually, and in the year 2002 it reached a total of 200 million tourists ever since its construction (1889).* The Sorbonne is the oldest university north of the Alps. It was built in the 13th century."

"Ωραία", "καλή φάση", "φίνα" would do fine. The latter is not used a lot, though, I think.

I wasn't going to (because maybe you prefer to be corrected by native speakers), but I decided to just let you know about the expression "εδώ και". It means "ago" ("εδώ και 3 χρόνια" would be "3 years ago" for example).

Babelfish wrote:"It is the capital of France [s]here and[/s] for at least a thousand years

So this would be "...capital of France for at least a thousand years", or you could say "it was already the capital of France at least a thousand years ago".

Babelfish wrote:"Φανός" είναι [s]σπανιή[/s] σπάνια λέξι;

I really think so. You have words like "epiphany" coming from that, too. Today it's more normally used meaning "street light" (the one on the street, for cars, with green, yellow and red colors), the same as "φανάρι". It's basically an old Attic Greek form, related also to "φαεινός" (bright, brilliant) - there's the expression "φαεινή ιδέα", for example.

Thanx for the explanation, HaggenKennedy, the first sentence did sound somewhat weird to me

That's a good idea, I tried to translate it on a sheet of paper, I was too diligent to give up. I printed the text and then pondered over it... I am going to post my attempt when I go back home... I think it counts that I tried after all! Thanks

People - you're welcome to try by yourselves before studying my mistakes

"It is the capital of France [s]here and[/s] for at least a thousand years, both controlling the major part of the country's economy and, for many, being simply the most beautiful city in the world...

Did you know that...* Paris has been known in history as the City of Light ever since 1828, when its main boulevards were lit with gas lamps.* The Eiffel Tower has over 6 million visitors annually, and in the year 2002 it reached a total of 200 million tourists ever since its construction (1889).* The Sorbonne is the oldest university north of the Alps. It was built in the 13th century."